Combination-tool.



W. P.- HOWARD.

COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1908.

920,746, Patented May 4, 1909.

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WILLIAM F. HOWARD, OF PIPESTONE, MINNESOTA.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

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To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pipestone, in the county of Pipestone and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved combination tool especially adapted for use in the construction and the repair of wire fences.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed inexpensive and efiicient tool of this character which shall combine a wire cutter and staple puller, a hammer, a wire splicer of ordinary construction and a splicer arranged between the parts.

For these and still other objects which will appear as the description proceeds the in vention consists of certain novel features, arrangements and combinations of parts of which the herein described combination tool is one of many possible embodiments.

While herein the description refers to minute details of the invention, the invention is not limited to these as the details of construction and combination may be greatly varied wi hout departing from the spirit and sco e of the invention.

1 1 1 the annexed drawing forming a part of this specification in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views and which are for illustrative purposes only and therefore not drawn to any particular scale,Figure 1 represents a top plan view of this improved tool Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with the jaws shown in closed position; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the members or jaws detached and with the handle broken off; Fig. 4 is a similar view of the other jaw carrying member 3 Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the pivot member.

In the embodiment illustrated, the jaw carrying member 1 is provided at one end with a staple puller 2 the other end being extended to form a handle 3. This member 1 is provided near its staple puller end with a curved recess 1 to receive the other jaw carrying member hereinafter described.

A wire cutting blade 5 is carried by the member 1 and is preferably provided with a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

1808. Serial No. 131,390.

1 notch 6 for the reception of the wire to be cut, the edges formed by said. notch being preferably sharpened to more readily sever the l wire. A round. aperture 7 extends transversely through the jaw member 1 and is adapted to receive the pivot which connects the aws. A hammer member 8 is also provided at one side of said jaw member 1 for driving staples and for other purposes. One jaw 9 of a wire splicer is fixed to the member 1 being preferably made integral therewith as shown and has a straight clamping edge 9 adapted for cooperation with another clamping member to be described.

A member 10 designed for cooperation with the member 1 is formed with a head 11 which is shaped to fit in the recess 1 of the member 1 and turn therein. A cutting blade 12 is formed on the head 11 and adapt, ed to cooperate with the notch 6, having the sharpened edges for severing a wire, when one of the jaw carrying members is moved relatively to the other. An angular opening 13 is formed in the head 11 and is adapted to register with the opening 7 in the member 1. This opening 13 is shown square to receive the square portion of the pivot member, to be described. The handle members of the iembers 1 and 10 are preferably provided in the meeting faces thereof, at points near their pivotal connection, with the registering grooves 14 and 15 which are adapted to receive and partially embrace and hold two wires of a fence while making a splice. A pivot member 16 is shown for connecting the members 1 and 10 and is provided with a I square portion 17 at one end adapted to fit j in the square opening 13 of the member 1 l to provide for the turning of said member 16 with the member 10. The outer end 18 of the member 16 is made round to fit in the round aperture 7 of the jaw carrying member 1 and on which said members are adapted to pivot. An arm 19 extends laterally from the square end 17 of the pivot member 16 to form the movable member or jaw adapted for cooperation with the fixed splicing member 9 whereby the ends of the wire to be spliced may be securely fastened to gether by the clamping action produced thereon by the jaws 19 and 9.

I claim as my invention:

1. A combination tool comprising two members adapted for pivotal connection, a fixed splicing jaw carried by one of said 1 members and a pivot member for connecting said first mentioned members and having a the recess therein and a pivot member having 15 splicing jaw for cooperation with said fixed 2 an angular portion for engagement Withsaid splicing jaw.

2. A. combination tool comprising two members adapted for pivotal connection,

one of said members having a head provided with a curved recess therein and. having a angular aperture and having its outer end rounded to fit in the round aperture of the other member and a splicing jaw carried by said pivot member for cooperation With said fixed splicing jaw.

center thereof, tire other member having a In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

round aperture extending ransversely through the end wall of said recess at the VJILLIAM F. HOW ARD.

curved head to lit in said recess and having an angular aperture to register with the round aperture in the other member, a lined splicing 31m carried by the member having 19. VI. DAVIES. 

